First Grade Parent-Teacher Conference

I had a Parent-Teacher conference for D yesterday. It was a complete waste of my time and gas. We got there and D showed me a stack of his work. I mean, he is 7, so showing me his papers and things was just him handing them to me, not explaining them or what was going on. Then after about 10 minutes of that his teacher had to answer the phone...Finally she sat down and told me that I need to make him practice his handwriting at home more. MAKE HIM!!! Yeah right! Has she met my 7 year old, bull headed son?! Making him do something like practice handwriting will be like pulling teeth on an alligator! So then she asked me if he had been held back previously after I told her 'no he started a year late due to medical reasons' and left it at that she just stared at me. I believe she wanted further explanation but...And then she said that was the only concerns that she had and to have a good evening. I was there a total of 15 minutes and mind you 10 of that was D showing me papers. I guess I should take it as a good thing that she doesn't have more concerns but call me crazy, I would like to know more. How is he behaving in class? Does he have any friends? Is he getting along ok with the other children? Does he get in trouble often? Things that we talked about in Kindergarten conferences but I guess don't matter once you get to first grade. Oh well.